Great Depression
Great Depression proper noun: a major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.
Proper noun
the Great Depression
- A major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.
- For the first time since the Great Depression, median family income has fallen substantially over an entire decade. Income grew slowly through most of the last decade, except at the top of the distribution, before falling sharply when the financial crisis began.2012 October 24, David Leonhardt, “Standard of Living Is in the Shadows as Election Issue”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
Great Depression meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Tagalog and Arabic
Great Depression in Hindi
- economic collapse
- महामंदी mahāmandī
Great Depression in Tamil
- பெருந்தொய்வு
Great Depression in Tagalog
- economic collapse
- Malawakang Depresyon
Great Depression in Arabic
- economic collapse
- الْكَسَاد الْعَظِيم al-kasād al-ʕaẓīm
More languagesFewer languages
- Great Depression in Indonesian
- Depresi Besar
- Great Depression in Vietnamese
- Đại khủng hoảng
Questions about Great Depression
- What does Great Depression mean?
- Great Depression means a major economic collapse characterized by mass unemployment and limited business activity that lasted from 1929 to 1940 in the US and a similar period in many other countries.
- What is Great Depression in Hindi?
- Great Depression in Hindi is महामंदी (mahāmandī). See Great Depression meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is Great Depression?
- Great Depression is a proper noun.
Words near Great Depression in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: Great Depression (page history and authors); great depression (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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